Valley of the Temples Memorial Park

One of the most beautiful places on the island of Oahu is this seldom-visited Japanese temple, built in the middle of the Valley of Temples. There's a complex of Buddhist temples and a cemetery set against a very spectacular landscape: a small pond surrounded by flowers that forms a huge colorful rug surrounded by rolling hills and the bizarre peaks of the Kualoa Mountains.

You can get there by car after paying the entry fee of $2. You'll drive down a A long tree-lined avenue leading to the characteristic Byodo-in Temple, a replica of a Japanese temple, with a very characteristic shape and bright colors. Inside, you'll find the largest wooden Buddha outside of Asia and it's completely covered with gold.